I
The youth sets out
to mason up a building –
his bride in red cotton sari
sees him off at the door.
II
Pyre is lit
two sons follow priest’s loud oration-
husband stares across
the sunset Ganga
(*Naani is a four line poem containing 20-25 syllables, invented by an Indian poet, Dr. N. Gopi, who writes in Telugu language. Elaine Patricia Morris introduced this form to us over at Rajani’s Micropoetry Month: 2017)
Posted for Micropoetry Month:2017 #4 hosted by Thotpurge
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Sharing with Poetry Pantry @ Poets United
sumanar/lekha 
